What is The Queens
Birthday Parade? What lies behind this annual
celebration by five Regiments of Foot Guards, essentially
a private ceremony in a public place, showing, through
historic military drill, their personal duty to their
Sovereign and Colonel in Chief? What does it stand
for, why is it so celebrated and why is it so uniquely
British?

Julian
Calder has observed the Parade and its rehearsals
for over 20 years, photographing the spectacular
pageantry and the minute attention to detail that
contributes to this familiar annual event.
His photographs, and the accompanying text by
Alastair Bruce, past commanding officers and
serving soldiers giving the history and personal
experiences of the Parade, demonstrate the pride,
precision and performance that are synonymous
with Trooping the Colour: the Parade which, in
the minds of millions of British people and
visitors, is at the heart of the United Kingdom.

420 colour photographs
including a unique portrait of HM the Queen,
specially taken for the book, with soldiers from
all the Regiments taking part in the Parade and
their Colours.

Pomp and
Circumstance
The Band of The Coldstream GuardsA History 1685-2017

Released
in May 2018

John
Gleeson's painstaking research has uncovered a
whole new picture of the band's formation and
development over the past 332 years.

Military
music historian Colin Dean is the author of a 293
page book celebrating the centenary. It looks at
the band's development, its uniforms, the places
it has visited, the music it has played and some
of the great occasions in which it took part.

Most
importantly of all, it celebrates the ladies and
gentlemen who have served in the band and made it
synonomous with musical excellence for one
hundred years, taking the music of Wales around
the globe and making it so proudly part of our
nation's heritage.

Still
available at £20 + p&p.

Click
on the book cover above for more details and to
order.

Jiggs: A
Biography of Lieutenant Colonel C. H. Jaeger O.B.E.

An extensive illustrated biography
of the life, work and accomplishments of Colonel 'Jiggs'
Jaeger.

Author: Colin Dean(Click
on the book cover to obtain purchase details)

Trooping the Colour, 1864 - 2008

Music Programmes from the
Sovereign's Birthday Parades compiled by Colin Dean.
A thoroughly researched volume which also includes notes
on personnel (Senior Director of Music etc.) and also
brief notes on parades such as 'first use of SA80' or
'first time Kings Troop took part' etc. where
appropriate.

A must for the library shelves of
all those who enjoy the musical aspect of British
ceremonial occasions(Click on the book cover to obtain purchase
details)

This year the British Forces Philatelic
Service, in partnership with the Household Division
Charity, will again be producing the official
commemorative cover to mark Trooping the Colour at Her
Majesty The Queens Birthday Parade.

The cover will bear a 1st class stamp,
cancelled using a unique British Forces Postal Service
special handstamp No. 3216. The Colour will be trooped by
the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards and the cancellation
features the regimental capstar along with that of The
Household Division.

The covers may be ordered from the BFPS
online shop (www.bfps.org.uk/shop). They cost just
£6 (unsigned) or £12 for the signed limited edition
version.
You can also order the covers by post by sending a cheque
(payable to BFPS CIC) to BFPS CIC, The Old
Post Office, Links Place, Elie, LEVEN KY9 1AX.

These covers are always popular and are
available whilst stocks last.

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